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Resource efficiency: Potential and economic implications: Summary for Policy-Makers
The assessment demonstrates that because many areas of resource use are rela vely ine cient, the poten al for resource e ciency is tremendous. This is supported by the results... -
Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Variations and Policy Responses in Brazil
This study is an attempt to understand the direct and indirect interactions between climate and society in Brazil. A set of climate impact case studies were identified and... -
Climate Change Mitigation in Southern Africa: Tanzania Country Study
The objectives of this study are to analyse the role of the land use sectors of Tanzania (especially forestry) on mitigation of greenhouse gases. Specific emphasis is placed on... -
World Resources Report 2010-2011 - Decision Making in a Changing Climate:...
Climate change will affect many sectors, including agriculture, electricity production, transportation, forest and land use, and water management. Climate change is not just an... -
Climate Action: Assisting Business Towards Carbon Neutrality - Special Focus...
Negotiations on how over 190 countries can move forward on climate change come to Durban, South Africa, amid concerns that the gap between scientific reality and political... -
Afghanistan's Environment 2008
This report provides readers with an overview of the key environmental issues, factors and drivers of environmental change in Afghanistan, and highlights the latest achievements... -
The Costs Benefits and Unmet Needs of Biological diversity in Kenya
This Report is concerned with assessing the nature and extent of Kenya's biodiversity, examining why and in what ways it is being changed over time, what the reasons are for... -
Nile River Basin: Climate Change Adaptation Capacities in the Nile River Basin
The main objective of this study was to assess the existing national and regional capacities, the needs and the modalities to tackle the needs identified in order to fast-track... -
International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2010
The papers in the present Review are based on lectures given during the seventh University of Eastern Finland – UNEP Course on International Environmental Law-making and... -
Nile River Basin: Enhancing the Adaptive Capacity of Communities to Climate...
The Project - supported by UNEP - was implemented in the upper Nile Basin, in Uganda. The Mpanga catchment where activities were rolled out is part of the Lake George Basin /... -
Nile River Basin: Stock Taking of Adaptation Activities in the Nile River Basin
This desktop review was undertaken with the aim of identifying key stakeholders and partners at continental, sub-regional, basin, national and local levels, with a particular... -
Nile River Basin: Nile Basin Adaptation to Water Stress: Comprehensive...
This report is a contribution to the UNEP project “Adapting to climate change induced water stress in the Nile River Basin”. It summarises the technical developments and... -
Environmental Problems of Petroleum Production in the Amazon Lowland of Ecuador
The main subject of the study described herein, was the fate of crude oil, i.e. its biodegradation and evaporation, after being released into the environment as a result of... -
Chapter 6. Transforming food systems - Emissions Gap Report 2022: The...
This chapter presents the needs, current state and options for accelerating a food system transformation. It focuses on GHG emissions and climate change, but also discusses... -
Chapter 7. Transforming the finance system to enable the achievement of the...
A realignment of the financial system is a critical enabler of the sectoral transitions required to address the current climate crises. Article 2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement... -
Chapter 1. Introduction - Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window —...
In line with the Emissions Gap Report, the IPCC reports send a reverberating message that the window of opportunity to limit global warming to well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C,... -
Chapter 2. Global emissions trends - Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing...
This chapter assesses trends in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions up to and including 2021. It analyses global emissions by gas, country, household and sector, providing the... -
Chapter 4. The emissions gap - Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window...
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Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis - Contribution of Working...
The Working Group I report focuses on those aspects of the current understanding of the physical science of climate change that are judged to be most relevant to policymakers.... -
Chapter 4 Appendix B. Methodology used in Chapter 4 - The Emissions Gap Report 2017
The chapter provides a detailed review of greenhouse gas emission reduction potentials in 2030 for key economic sectors. Sectoral emission reduction potentials, also called...